18 THE HISTORY OF AQUARIA. 



very fortunate in having men who are well known as 

 naturalists at the head of our large aquaria. Thus 

 Mr. Henry Lee has charge of that at Brighton. Mr. 

 W. Saville-Kent was for some time curator of the 

 Manchester Aquarium ; afterwards he partly super- 

 intended the erection of one at Yarmouth, and now 

 he is consulting naturalist to the extensive aquarium 

 recently built at Westminster. Mr. W. A. Lloyd 

 has had charge of the well-known Crystal Palace 

 Aquarium since its opening in 1871 ; whilst at South- 

 port there is a careful and diligent naturalist super- 

 intending the aquarium in Mr. C. L. Jackson. 



We may regard the establishment of the Crystal 

 Palace Aquarium as an important epoch in the history 

 of the great public aquaria in this country. Its success 

 undoubtedly stimulated that at Brighton into exist- 

 ence, and the fact that the latter paid a good dividend 

 (always an important one to Englishmen) was quite 

 sufficient to induce companies to start those at Man- 

 chester, Southport, Yarmouth, and elsewhere. The 

 size of the Crystal Palace Aquarium is 400 feet long 

 by 70 feet broad, whilst the frontage of the tanks 

 amounts to 390 feet. There are sixty large tanks 

 exhibited, besides those held as reserve. These con- 

 tain 20,000 gallons of sea water, whilst there is a 

 large storage reservoir which holds 100,000 gallons 

 more. The largest of these tanks is 20 feet in length, 

 and holds 4000 gallons of sea water. The animals 

 within the large tanks are viewed through the glass 



